My Morning Headache

It must be stopped.

I noticed a new trend at SXSW, and I recently noticed that this trend is spreading elsewhere. While this hat is annoying...


...I'm not talking about the hat. (He actually left it on while exchanging guitars which seemed like an amazing physical feat in my tired and drunken state.) I'm talking about this.


The picture above is the lead singer of Cloud Cult. They were one of my favorite acts at SXSW this year and I would pay money to see them again, even if they all wore those masks. That's right, that's a masquerade mask on his forehead. I hope he was using it to hold back his hair. He could have gone all Royal Tanenbaums and used a sweat band. (Holy fuck, put a a high life in Richie Tanenbaum's hand there, total hipster caricature of what pisses me off.) But I think the pompous, style lacking fools who do this think it looks "artsy" and "smart". That's right, that was plural, "fools". Not only did I see this elsewhere at SXSW (I unfortunately can't remember where) but I also noticed this style in the pictures here. That guy with the mask on his forehead is from Knyfe Hyts. That band just lost some points for trying WAY too hard, especially since the mask isn't even holding back his hair! So, this is style without any utility... except to prove that the only way people could possibly like you is if you did something you hope is "cool" and "different".

posted by Ruhmann @ 4/02/2008 10:50:00 PM